List of shipwrecks in 1861
The list of shipwrecks in 1861 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1861.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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A. B. Thompson | American Civil War: Captured by the Confederate privateer Lady Davis ( | |
A. Holly | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in August 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[2] | |
Acadia | Unknown | The bark hit rocks in the Pacific Ocean on the coast of California at Trinidad and sank on either 4 February or 2 March.[3] |
Albion | The barque was wrecked on the coast of Virginia 25 miles (40 km) below Cape Henry. Her cargo may have been salvaged in mid-May.[4] | |
Alvarado | American Civil War, Union blockade: The full-rigged ship was purchased in August 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. She may have been scuttled at Hatteras Inlet off the coast of North Carolina.[2] | |
Anna Northup | The 100-ton steamer was lost on the Red River of the North at Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba.[5] | |
Bald Eagle | The ship foundered after 13 October. Her crew were rescued by a Japanese fishing vessel. She was on a voyage form Hong Kong, China to San Francisco, California.[6] | |
Baltimore | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Oregon at 43°21′03″N 124°23′00″W, about 0.6 mile (1 km) northwest of the Cape Arago Light.[7] | |
Blackwater | The ship was driven ashore at Stanley, Falkland Islands. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork.[8] | |
Catherine | Unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade: During an attempt to run the Union blockade, the schooner was stranded at Sabine Pass on the border between Louisiana and Texas sometime during the American Civil War.[9] |
Conway | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was taken in to Barbadoes in late February or early March in a derelict conditon. Subsequently repaired.[10] | |
Corea | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 356-ton full-rigged ship was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a[blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown. She may have been scuttled off the coast of Georgia nearSavannah.[2] | |
Daniel Trowbridge | American Civil War: The schooner was captured and burnt by CSS Sumter ( | |
Delaware Farmer | American Civil War, Union blockade: The full-rigged ship was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[2] | |
Dr. Kane | The 191-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in deep water in the Ohio River 300 yards (274 meters) below the public wharf at Cairo, Illinois, sometime during the American Civil War.[12] | |
Cuffey′s Cove | Unknown | The schooner was wrecked in Cuffey's Cove on the coast of Mendocino County, California.[13] |
E. D. Thompson | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[2] | |
Edward | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 340-ton bark was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[2] | |
Ellen Goldsboro | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[2] | |
Emerald | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 518-ton full-rigged ship, part of the "Stone Fleet," was beached deliberately at Tybee Island, Georgia, in late December 1861 or early January 1862.[14] | |
European | Unknown | The vessel was wrecked on the coast of California at Tomales Bay.[15] |
Friendship | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[2] | |
General McNeil | Unknown | The sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Howards Bend near St. Louis, Missouri, sometime during the 1860s.[16] |
George P. Upshur | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[2] | |
Glentanner | The immigrant ship was wrecked while departing Lyttelton, New Zealand, for a voyage to the United Kingdom. | |
Governor Bull | Unknown | The brig was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[17] |
Hartford | Unknown | The bark was wrecked on the Humboldt Bar in Humboldt Bay on the coast of California in either October 1861 or October 1864.[18] |
Harvest | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 314-ton bark was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[19] | |
Hero | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[19] | |
J. D. James | The sternwheel towboat sank in the Allegheny River 7 miles (11 km) above Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 1861 or 1862. She was refloated in May–June 1862.[20] | |
John Alexander | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[19] | |
John Carver | The ship was burned at sea after being captured in the Atlantic Ocean by the privateer Jefferson Davis ( | |
Joseph Park | American Civil War: The brig was captured and burnt by CSS Sumter ( | |
Leveret | The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex.[22] | |
Louisville | The 155-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost, possibly on the Illinois River.[19] | |
Marens | Unknown | The brig sank in the James River in Virginia sometime during the American Civil War.[23] |
Marmon | Unknown | The full-rigged ship was lost off Cape Flattery on the coast of Washington Territory.[24] |
Mary Frances | American Civil War, Union blockade: The full-rigged ship was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[19] | |
Merlin | The ship foundered off Cape Horn, Chile. Her seventeen crew survived.[25] | |
Monterey | The 120-ton schooner was lost at Point Reyes on the coast of California in either November 1861 or November 1862.[26] | |
Montezuma | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 424-ton full-rigged ship was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[19] | |
Mumford | The schooner was wrecked near Dunedin, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from New Zealand to Hobart.[27] | |
Nanjemoy | American Civil War: The full-rigged ship was sunk with no cargo aboard in shallow water in the Coan River in Virginia while operating as a blockade runner sometime between 1861 and 1863. The armed tug USS Yankee ( | |
Osiris | American Civil War, Union blockade: The 145- or 183-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, operated as a ferry by the Confederate Quartermaster Department on the coast of South Carolina between Charleston, Castle Pickney, and Sullivn's Island, was destroyed by a fire allegedly set by Union sympathizers sometime during the American Civil War (1861-1865).[29] | |
Patriot | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[19] | |
Portsmouth | The sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at the mouth of Bee Creek, about 3 miles (5 km) below Weston, Missouri.[30] | |
Queen of Freedom | The barque was lost between 13 March and 4 October with the loss of all fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Colombo, Ceylon.[31][32] | |
Red Fox | The 78-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Mississippi River at Island Number Ten in late 1861.[33] | |
Sarah M. Kemp | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[19] | |
Satellite | The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Taieri River, New Zealand, late in the year.[34] | |
Somerfield | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[19] | |
Southerner | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[19] | |
South Wind | American Civil War, Union blockad]: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[19] | |
Staghound | The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to San Francisco, California, United States.[35] | |
St. Andrew | The whaler was wrecked on rocks in the Davis Strait (66°20′N 53°40′W) before 7 September.[36][37] | |
Stella | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the presumed loss of all hands. She had been missing for some months when wreckage washed up on Juist, Duchy of Holstein on 2 February 1862.[38][39] | |
Union | The whaler was lost in Cumberland Sound.[40][41] | |
Villiers | The brigantine was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, to Alicante, Spain.[42] | |
Willamette | Bound from San Francisco, California, to either Shoalwater Bay or Willapa Bay in Washington Territory, the 180-ton schooner was wrecked at the mouth of Shoalwater Bay with the loss of two lives.[43] | |
W. L. Bartlett | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[44] | |
William B. Romer | The pilot schooner was wrecked on a submerged rock – later named Romer Shoal – in New York Harbor off New York City sometime during the American Civil War (April 1861–April 1865). One pilot lost his life in the wreck.[45] | |
William L. Jones | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[44] | |
Wowleebelay | Flag unknown | The ship foundered off the mouth of the Yangtze. Her crew were rescued.[46] |
W. W. Burns | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner was purchased in 1861 to be scuttled as a blockship as part of the "Stone Fleet," but the location and date of her sinking are unknown.[44] | |
Wythe | Unknown | The schooner sank in the James River in Virginia sometime during the American Civil War (1861-1865).[47] |
Unidentified barges | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the barges as blockships in the James River at the mouth of the Warwick River in Virginia in August and September.[47] | |
Unidentified hulk | Unknown | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the hulk at Galveston, Texas.[48] |
Three unidentified schooners | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled the schooners in Virginia 2 to 3 miles (3.2 to 4.8 km) from the mouth of the Blackwater River in 1861 or 1862, sometime prior to the gunboat USS Hunchback ( | |
Four unidentified ships | American Civil War: Confederate forces scuttled four old ships loaded with granite in the Main Ship Channel of Charleston Harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, as blockships in early 1861 to obstruct Union access to Fort Sumter.[50] | |
Unidentified vessel | American Civil War: After being captured by the Confederate privateer Florida ( |
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- Gaines, p. 46.
- Gaines, p. 196.
- Gaines, p. 24.
- Gaines, p. 175.
- Gaines, p. 32.
- "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard (11833). London. 16 July 1862. p. 7.
- Gaines, p. 138.
- "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury (4257). Liverpool. 3 October 1861.
- Gaines, p. 167.
- "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald (6624). Glasgow. 5 April 1861.
- "The West India Mail". Daily News (4866). London. 14 December 1861.
- Gaines, p. 135.
- Gaines, p. 26.
- Gaines, p. 47.
- Gaines, p. 27.
- Gaines, p. 106.
- njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"
- Gaines, p. 28.
- Gaines, p. 197.
- Gaines, p. 139.
- Naval History and Heritage Command: Jefferson Davis
- Renno, David (2004). Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century. Sevenoaks: Amhurst Publishing. p. 207. ISBN 1 903637 20 1.
- Gaines, p. 184.
- Gaines, p. 194.
- "Military and Naval Intelligence". The Times (24027). London. 2 September 1861. col A-B, p. 10.
- Gaines, p. 29.
- "Shipping Intelligence". Morning Chroncile (29394). London. 26 March 1861.
- Gaines, p. 185.
- Gaines, p. 152.
- Gaines, p. 107.
- "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Cournat (9745). Newcastle upon Tyne. 4 October 1861.
- "SHIPS BUILT AT SUNDERLAND IN THE 1850s". Searle. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- Gaines, p. 101.
- Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 74.
- "Shipping Intelligence". Belfast News-Letter (15135). Belfast. 29 November 1861.
- "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury (4236). Liverpool. 9 September 1861.
- "General Intelligence". Lancaster Gazetter (3886). Lancaster. 21 September 1861.
- "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard (11697). London. 6 February 1862. p. 7.
- "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant (9754). London. 14 February 1862.
- "Ship News". The Times (24063). London. 14 October 1861. col C, p. 9.
- "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury (4267). Liverpool. 15 October 1861.
- Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- Gaines, p. 195.
- Gaines, p. 198.
- Gaines p. 110.
- "Ship News". The Times (24096). London. 21 November 1861. col B, p. 12.
- Gaines, p. 191.
- Gaines, p. 172.
- Gaines, p. 192.
- Gaines, p. 158.
- Gaines, p. 133.
Bibliography
- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6.
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Ship commissionings: | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 |
Shipwrecks: | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 |
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